WO2013099374A1

WO2013099374A1 - Television receiver, method of controlling television receiver, program, and recording medium

Info

Publication number: WO2013099374A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/074113
Authority: WO
Inventors: 彩峯原; 隆匡清水; 威鑓田; 尚美平澤; 義憲大西; 広紀阿部; 治郎岡田
Original assignee: シャープ株式会社
Priority date: 2011-12-28
Filing date: 2012-09-20
Publication date: 2013-07-04
Also published as: JP2015039091A

Abstract

A television receiver (10) is provided with a CPU (6) that extracts, from character strings contained within an internet screen, at least one element from among the channel name, the date and the time, adds an element other than the extracted elements when the date is not within a prescribed period, manages the added element and the extracted elements in association with each other, and performs scheduled recording of a program specified by scheduled program specifying information obtained as a result of the management.

Description

Television receiver, television receiver control method, program, and recording medium

The present invention relates to a television receiver and a method for controlling such a television receiver. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a program for causing a computer to function as such a television receiver and a recording medium on which such a program is recorded.

In recent years, television receivers equipped with a function capable of connecting to the Internet (hereinafter referred to as TV receivers) have become widespread, and it has become important to link Internet functions with broadcast viewing functions (TV functions). .

Examples of cooperation between the Internet function and the TV function include, for example, (1) receiving software update information of a television receiver via the Internet and updating the software, (2) information acquired from the Internet (for example, Weather forecast information, etc.) are automatically displayed on the television receiver, and (3) an internet search is performed on the display screen of the television receiver, and the search result is displayed on the television receiver.

Further, as an example in which the Internet function and the television function are linked, Patent Document 1 determines whether or not there is an update in the content of the Internet site corresponding to the search condition, and if there is an update, the content is updated. An automatic information retrieval apparatus that displays the fact on the display is described.

Also, Patent Document 2 describes a method for searching a document from a character string.

Patent Document 3 describes a television receiver and a television broadcast receiver that records or reserves a desired broadcast program from all television program tables that can be displayed on a television screen acquired from the Internet.

Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2000-181778 (published June 30, 2000)” Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-67378” (published on March 16, 2001) Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-9030 (published on January 10, 2003)”

When the Internet is searched on the display screen of the television receiver and program information (date, time zone, broadcasting station, etc.) that the user wants to record is found from the displayed search results, the user selects the program. It is necessary to remember information necessary for making a reservation, and to perform recording processing based on the learned information.

In Patent Document 3, since a program reservation is performed using a TV program guide, when a program with a date (for example, one week or more ahead) that is not displayed in the TV program guide is to be reserved, the user records based on the information learned. There is a problem that it is necessary to perform a reservation operation, which takes time and effort.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a television receiver that can save the trouble of recording reservation for a program that is not displayed in the television program guide. There is.

In order to solve the above problems, a television receiver according to the present invention includes a display control unit that displays an Internet screen on a display unit, and a character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control unit. Extracting means for extracting at least one of the channel name, date, and time; and complementing means for complementing elements other than the elements extracted by the extracting means among the channel name, date, and time; The management means for associating the elements extracted by the extraction means and the elements supplemented by the complementing means with each other and managing them as reserved program designation information, and the program designated by the reserved program designation information managed by the management means Reservation means for making a recording reservation, and the complementing means includes a date extracted by the extraction means. If it is within a predetermined period from the point in time, supplementation is performed with reference to at least one of program information extracted from the broadcast signal, viewing history, recording history, and user input, and the date extracted by the extraction means is If it is not within a predetermined period from the present time, or if the extraction means does not extract a date, complementation is performed with reference to at least one of a viewing history and a recording history.

According to the above configuration, the extraction means extracts at least one of the channel name, date, and time. The complementing means refers to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history when the date extracted by the extracting means is not within a predetermined period from the present time, or when the extracting means does not extract the date. The elements other than the elements extracted by the extracting means are complemented. The reservation means reserves recording of a program designated by reserved program designation information managed by associating the element extracted by the extraction means and the element complemented by the complementing means with each other.

Here, the term “within a predetermined period from the present time” refers to a period during which a television receiver can make a recording reservation using, for example, an electronic program guide that can be received by the television receiver. In the prior art, when the date extracted by the extracting means is not within a predetermined period from the present time, in order to make a recording reservation, the user needs to input information necessary for the recording reservation.

On the other hand, according to the above configuration, even if the date extracted by the extraction unit is not within a predetermined period from the present time, the date can be obtained by referring to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history. Recording reservation can be performed using the reservation information.

Accordingly, the user can cause the television receiver to execute a recording reservation from a character string included in the Internet screen even if the program is not within a predetermined period from the present time without performing a complicated operation. it can. Therefore, it is possible to save the trouble of the recording reservation operation performed by the user on the television receiver.

Note that the above channel name may be expressed by a broadcasting station name or a channel number.

In order to solve the above problems, a television receiver control method according to the present invention is a television receiver control method including display control means for displaying an Internet screen on a display unit, and the display control means includes the display control means. In the extraction step of extracting at least one element of a channel name, date, and time from a character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit, among the channel name, date, and time, in the extraction step A complementing step for complementing elements other than the extracted elements, a management step for associating the elements extracted in the extraction step and the elements supplemented in the complementing step with each other and managing them as reserved program designation information, and the management step A reservation process for performing a recording reservation of a program specified by reserved program specification information managed in Including the program information extracted from the broadcast signal, the viewing history, the recording history, and the input from the user when the date extracted in the extraction step is within a predetermined period from the present time in the complementing step If the date extracted in the extraction step is not within a predetermined period from the present time, or if the date is not extracted in the extraction step, at least one of viewing history and recording history It is characterized by complementing with reference to.

According to the above configuration, the same effects as those of the television receiver according to the present invention can be obtained.

Further, a program for operating a computer included in the television receiver, the program for causing the computer to be executed as each of the means described above, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program are also included in the present invention. Included in the technical scope.

The television receiver according to the present invention includes a display control unit that displays an Internet screen on a display unit, and a channel name, date, and time from a character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control unit. Extraction means for extracting at least one of the elements, complementing means for complementing elements other than the elements extracted by the extraction means among channel names, dates, and times, and elements extracted by the extraction means Management means for associating elements complemented by the complementing means with each other and managing as reserved program designation information; reservation means for making a recording reservation for a program designated by the reserved program designation information managed by the management means; And the complementing means includes a date within a predetermined period from the current date extracted by the extracting means. If it is, supplementation is performed with reference to at least one of program information extracted from the broadcast signal, viewing history, recording history, and user input, and the date extracted by the extraction means is within a predetermined period from the present time If it is not, or if the extraction means does not extract the date, complementation is performed by referring to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history.

Accordingly, the user can cause the television receiver to execute a recording reservation from a character string included in the Internet screen even if the program is not within a predetermined period from the present time without performing a complicated operation. it can. Accordingly, it is possible to save the user from performing operations on the television receiver.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a television receiver typically. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of a television receiver. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a web text analysis process. (A) of FIG. 4 is a figure explaining the next process of the date determination of the television receiver with respect to the preserve | saved reservation information, when the date contained in the character string selected by the user is less than one week, 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a reservation confirmation screen, FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating an example of a date / time designation reservation screen, and FIG. 4D is an example of a reservation selection screen. FIG. It is a figure explaining the next process of the date determination of the television receiver with respect to the preserve | saved reservation information when the date contained in the character string selected by the user is one week or more ahead. It is a screen transition diagram which shows an example of the flow of operation | movement of a television receiver. FIG. 7A is an enlarged view of the right screen of the screen a, and FIG. 7B is an enlarged view of the right screen of the screen b. It is a screen transition diagram which shows the other example of the flow of operation | movement of a television receiver.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following description, various preferred limitations for implementing the present invention are given, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the description of the following embodiments and drawings.

[Configuration of Television Receiver 10]
First, the outline of the configuration of a television receiver including a display device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the television receiver 10.

In FIG. 1, a television receiver (television receiver) 10 is an entire television receiver having a liquid crystal display device (display unit) 22 having a screen size of 16: 9 (1920 × 1080 dots), for example. The television receiver 10 has a CPU (extraction means, complementing means, management means, display control means, reservation means) 6 and a memory 7 connected to the bus 8, and the operation of the television receiver 10 is performed by the CPU 6 and It is controlled by various control programs stored in the memory 7. In other words, the television receiver shown in FIG. 1 is controlled by a computer system including a CPU 6, and a program for operating the television receiver by the computer system is stored in the memory 7.

The memory 7 is usually composed of a RAM, but may include a ROM in part. Further, a rewritable flash memory or the like may be included. The memory 7 stores an OS for operating the CPU, various control software, and the like. Data relating to program guide information such as EPG data received via broadcast waves, and OSD required for OSD display. For example, image data is stored. The memory 7 has a work area that functions as a work memory necessary for various control operations.

The television receiver 10 is provided with an analog tuner section 12 in addition to the digital tuner section 14, and can receive analog broadcasts. The external input unit 31 can be connected to various external devices 30 such as a solid-state memory such as an HDD and an SD card, and a disk device such as a BD (Blu-ray disc), DVD, and CD. A BD / DVD / CD recording / reproducing unit 32 is also built in the main body of the apparatus 10. Further, an IP broadcast tuner unit 23 is provided, and IP broadcast reception is also possible.

In addition, the television receiver 10 includes an AV switch unit 13, a digital demodulation unit 15, a separation unit (DMUX) 16, a video decode / capture unit 17, a video selector unit 18, a video processing unit 19, an addition circuit 20, and a display control unit. (Display control means) 21, liquid crystal display device 22, EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24, audio decoding unit 25, audio selector unit 26, audio output conversion unit 27, speaker 28, channel selection unit 33, communication control unit 34, remote control A light receiving unit 35 is provided. The television receiver 10 is further provided with an OPC (light) sensor 38 for detecting ambient brightness. The OPC sensor 38 is more preferably an illuminance sensor including a low pass filter. Thereby, temporary changes, such as a person passing in front of a sensor, can be relieved and illumination intensity can be acquired smoothly.

The analog tuner unit 12 selects an analog television broadcast signal received via the antenna 11 for receiving an analog broadcast, and selects a channel according to a channel selection instruction from the channel selection unit 33. The received signal from the analog tuner unit 12 is separated into an audio signal and a video signal in the AV switch unit 13, the video signal is input to the video selector unit 18, and the audio signal is input to the audio selector unit 26.

The digital tuner unit 14 selects a digital television broadcast signal received via the digital broadcast receiving antenna 40, and selects a channel to be received according to a channel selection instruction from the channel selection unit 33. The received signal from the digital tuner unit 14 is demodulated by the digital demodulation unit 15 and sent to the separation unit (DMUX) 16.

The IP broadcast tuner unit 23 selects an IP broadcast received via a communication control unit 34 connected to a telephone line / LAN or the like, and receives a specific IP received in response to a channel selection instruction from the channel selection unit 33. The broadcast is selected and the output is sent to the separation unit (DMUX) 16.

The separation unit (DMUX) 16 separates the multiplexed video data and audio data input from the digital demodulation unit 15 or the IP broadcast tuner unit 23, sends the video data to the video decoding / capture unit 17, and the audio data Is sent to the audio decoding unit 25. Further, the separation unit (DMUX) 16 extracts data such as EPG data included in the broadcast signal and sends it to the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24. The broadcast wave signal extracted by the separation unit (DMUX) 16 is recorded in the memory 7 by writing control by the CPU 6 as necessary.

The video decode / capture unit 17 decodes the video data separated by the separation unit (DMUX) 16 and captures video information included in the video data as a still image. The video signal decoded by the video decoding / capture unit 17 is sent to the video selector unit 18. As described above, the video signal from the analog tuner unit 12 is input to the video selector unit 18, and the video signal from the external input unit 31 is also input. The video selector unit 18 selects and outputs one video signal from these input video signals according to the control signal from the CPU 6, and sends it to the video processing unit 19.

The video processing unit 19 performs video processing such as noise reduction processing, sharpness adjustment, and contrast adjustment on the input video signal so as to obtain an optimal video signal for the liquid crystal display device 22. Convert video data to.

The display control unit 21 includes a drive circuit for displaying the received video data on the liquid crystal display device 22, and an electronic program table (from the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24) added by the addition circuit 20 ( EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data or OSD (On Screen Display) data is sent to the liquid crystal display device 22 in addition to the video data from the video processing unit 19. The liquid crystal display device 22 displays the transmitted video data on the screen.

The EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 further performs processing for scaling display according to the present invention, which will be described in detail later.

The audio decoding unit 25 decodes the audio data separated by the separation unit (DMUX) 16. The audio decoding unit 25 sends the decoded audio signal to the audio selector unit 26.

The audio selector unit 26 receives the audio signal from the AV switch unit 13, the audio signal from the external input unit 31, and the audio signal from the audio decoding unit 25, and is selected by the video selector unit 18 under the control of the CPU 6. An audio signal corresponding to the video signal is selected, and the audio signal is sent to the speaker 28 via the audio output conversion unit 27. The audio output conversion unit 27 converts the received audio signal into a signal optimal for reproduction on the speaker 28 and supplies the converted signal to the speaker 28.

The remote control light receiving unit 35 receives an optical signal from a remote controller 36 (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller 36) and receives a control signal from the remote controller 36. Instructions from the viewer, such as transition to scaling display described later, selection and determination of various buttons at the time of scaling display, are performed via the remote controller 36.

The EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 creates an electronic program guide based on EPG data periodically updated and stored, and draws OSD data stored in the memory 7 in advance. The OSD data is data for drawing various information such as a setting menu screen, a volume cage, a current time, a channel selection, and the like stored in advance in the memory 7, for example. Further, the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 performs program reservation processing using the electronic program guide.

The communication control unit 34 performs control so as to establish communication via a network such as a telephone line, a LAN, or the Internet.

In addition, the television receiver 10 includes a content determination unit 41.

The content discriminating unit 41 discriminates the type of the content from the members receiving the content among the separating unit (DMUX) 16, the external input unit 31, and the recording / reproducing unit 32. Specifically, it is determined whether the content is a content derived from digital broadcasting, a determination of a frame frequency (for example, whether it is 24 Hz), a determination of whether it is derived from a film (for example, 22 pull-down or a content shot at 24 Hz) If the genre information is associated, the genre information is determined.

For example, in digital broadcasting, genre information is classified and associated with major classification and middle classification. The major classification includes, for example, “news / report”, “information / wide show”, “variety”, “movie”, “sports”, and the like. As the middle category, for example, when the major category is “news / report”, there are “regular / comprehensive”, “local / region”, “weather” and the like. In general, one broadcast program (content) is associated with a plurality of large categories of genre information. For example, in the case of sports news, genre information of large categories “news / report” and “sports” is associated, and further, some genre information of medium categories belonging to these are associated. When any of the separation unit (DMUX) 16, the external input unit 31, and the recording / playback unit 32 receives content associated with these genre information, the content determination unit 41 receives a genre associated with the content. Information can be acquired.

[Reserved recording processing by the television receiver 10]
Next, an example of a reserved recording processing operation by the television receiver 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the television receiver 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the user presses a button for connecting the television receiver 10 to the Internet using the remote controller 36 or the like, the television receiver 10 switches the input so as to accept an input from the Internet. Specifically, the communication control unit 34 of the television receiver 10 performs control so as to establish communication via the Internet. When the CPU 6 confirms that it is connected to the Internet, it displays an Internet screen on the liquid crystal display device 22. Specifically, the CPU 6 controls the display control unit 21, and the display control unit 21 displays the Internet screen on the liquid crystal display device 22 (step S201, hereinafter simply referred to as S201). In addition, since a person skilled in the art can appropriately grasp the specific implementation method of the operation for connecting the television receiver 10 to the Internet by the user based on the common general knowledge at the time of filing of the present application, the above operation is described here. The subsequent user operations will not be described in detail.

Next, when the user searches for “XXX” on the Internet search screen displayed on the television receiver 10, the CPU 6 searches for the character string “XXX” (S202). Thereafter, the CPU 6 analyzes the Web text of the search result “XXX”. The CPU 6 saves reservation information such as a start time, an end time, and a broadcasting station by analyzing the Web text (S203).

The Web text analysis process will be described later. The start time, end time, broadcast station, and the like are elements constituting reserved program designation information for designating a reserved program.

Next, the CPU 6 determines whether or not the reservation information such as the start time, the end time, and the broadcasting station has been saved in S203 (S204). When the information is not stored (No in S204), the CPU 6 displays the search result “XXX” on the liquid crystal display device 22, and ends the process (S205).

When the information such as the start time, the end time, and the broadcast station is stored (Yes in S204), the CPU 6 stores the start time, the end time, and the broadcast station that are stored in association with each other among the character strings included in the search results. The character string including the information (character string) and the like is included in the predetermined range and is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 (S206).

Thereafter, the user uses the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 to move the cursor to a character string (for example, “May 2011”) among the plurality of character strings marked by the CPU 6 in S206. When the enter key or the like is pressed, the CPU 6 detects that the character string has been selected (S207). Thereafter, the CPU 6 executes a process corresponding to the selected character string (selected character string execution process) (S208). The processing according to the selected character string will be described later.

(Web text analysis processing)
Next, the Web text analysis processing in S203 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of Web text analysis processing.

First, the CPU 6 acquires the broadcast station name and channel information from the program guide information (EPG program guide) such as EPG data received via the broadcast wave stored in the memory 7, and manages it by listing it. The CPU 6 searches the Web text of the search result in S202 for a character string that matches the broadcast station name that is listed and managed in the Web text, and determines whether there is a broadcast station name (S301). ). Note that the broadcast station name may be displayed with an abbreviated name in the Web text, so an approximate character string is also searched.

If there is a broadcast station name (Yes in S301), the CPU 6 determines whether there is time information near the broadcast station name (S302). Here, “near the broadcast station name” indicates that the web text is within a predetermined range from the position where the broadcast station name exists. The predetermined range is a range indicating a single piece of information in the Web text. For example, a range determined by the number of lines or characters, a paragraph in which the broadcast station name exists, the broadcast station Examples include, but are not limited to, a range from a position where a name exists to a line feed position, a punctuation mark, and a blank line (a line not including any characters). Hereinafter, “near” refers to the same range.

In S302, the CPU 6 searches for a description of date and time included in the Web text, and determines the presence or absence of the description. The CPU 6 searches for descriptions such as “XXXX year X month X day” and “xxxx / xxx / xxx” as the date, but the description of the date is not limited to this. The CPU 6 searches for descriptions such as “YY hours and YYs” and “yy: yy” as the time, but the description of the time is not limited to this. The time information searched in S302 is set as start time information.

If there is start time information (Yes in S302), the CPU 6 determines whether there is time information near the start time information (S303). Specifically, the CPU 6 searches for a description of the time following the characters “˜” and the characters “˜” after the start time information. Alternatively, the CPU 6 searches for a description of the time that follows the character string (word) “end”. The CPU 6 uses the searched time information as end time information. The description of the time searched in S303 is not limited to the description of the time following the character (string) other than “˜” and “End”, and may be a description indicating the end time. If there is date information near the end time, the date information is also acquired together with the end time and included in the end time information. The date acquisition method is the same as that for the start time information. When there is no date information near the end time, the end date is assumed to be a date included in the start time information, and the date information is included in the end time information. In addition, when there is no date information near the end time and the end time is earlier than the start time, the end date is assumed to be the day after the date included in the start time information, and the information on the date is ended. Include in time information.

When there is end time information (Yes in S303), the CPU 6 extracts the broadcast station name searched in S301, the start time information searched in S302, and the end time information searched in S303, and associates them with each other. Save in the memory 7 (S304).

If there is no end time information (No in S303), the CPU 6 extracts the broadcast station name searched in S301 and the start time information searched in S302, and stores them in the memory 7 in association with each other (S305).

If there is no start time information (No in S302), the CPU 6 extracts the broadcast station name searched in S301 and stores it in the memory 7 (S306).

In S301, when there is no broadcasting station name (No in S301), the CPU 6 searches the Web text and determines whether there is channel information in the Web text (S307). Here, the channel information indicates a channel, and is obtained from descriptions such as “xCH”, “x channel”, “BS-x”, “CS-x”, and the like. In this embodiment, channel information without BS and CS descriptions is regarded as a terrestrial digital broadcast channel. The channel information is not limited to this.

If there is channel information (Yes in S307), the CPU 6 determines whether there is time information (start time information) near the channel information (S308). If there is start time information (Yes in S308), the CPU 6 determines whether there is time information near the start time information (S309). Since the processing of S308 and S309 is the same as that of S302 and S303, description thereof is omitted.

If there is end time information (Yes in S309), the CPU 6 extracts the channel information searched in S307, the start time information searched in S308, and the end time information searched in S309, and associates them with each other in the memory. 7 (S310).

If there is no end time information (No in S309), the CPU 6 extracts the channel information searched in S307 and the start time information searched in S308, and stores them in the memory 7 in association with each other (S311).

If there is no start time information (No in S308), the CPU 6 extracts the channel information searched in S307 and stores it in the memory 7 (S312).

In S307, when there is no channel information (No in S307), the CPU 6 determines whether or not there is time information (start time information) (S313). Note that the processing in S313 is the same as S302 except that S302 searches for the vicinity of the broadcast station name, and thus the description thereof is omitted. If there is start time information (Yes in S313), the CPU 6 determines whether there is time information near the start time information (S314). Since the process of S314 is the same process as S303, description is abbreviate | omitted.

If there is end time information (Yes in S314), the CPU 6 extracts the start time information searched in S313 and the end time information searched in S314, and stores them in the memory 7 in association with each other (S315).

If there is no end time information (No in S314), the CPU 6 extracts the start time information searched in S313 and stores it in the memory 7 (S316).

When the storage process in S304, S305, S306, S310, S311, S312, S315, and S316 is completed, the CPU 6 determines whether or not the analysis has been completed for all characters (strings) in the Web text (S317). If the analysis of the characters (strings) in the Web text has not been completed (No in S317), the CPU 6 returns to S301.

When the analysis is completed for all the characters (strings) in the Web text (Yes in S317) or when there is no start time information in S313 (Yes in S313), the television receiver 10 performs Web text analysis processing. Exit.

(Selected string execution processing)
Next, the selected character string execution process in S208 will be described with reference to FIGS. In S208, the CPU 6 determines whether or not start time information is included in the selected character string. When the start time information is included, the CPU 6 determines (date determination) whether the start date included in the start time information is less than one week or more than one week from today.

In the present embodiment, the date determination determines whether the start date is less than one week or more than one week. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and whether or not the date until the EPG program guide can be acquired is determined. Can be determined.

If it is less than one week, the television receiver 10 performs the process shown in FIG. When the start date included in the start time information is one week or more, the television receiver 10 performs the process shown in FIG. When the start time information is not included, the television receiver 10 regards the start date as one week or more and performs the process shown in FIG. When the start time information is not included, the start date may be regarded as less than one week, but in the present embodiment, the start date is regarded as one week or more.

(For programs that start in less than a week)
FIG. 4A shows a television image of information associated with the start date and stored in S203 when the start date included in the character string selected by the user is less than one week. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a next process of date determination by the machine 10. 4B is a diagram showing an example of a reservation confirmation screen, FIG. 4C is a diagram showing an example of a date / time designation reservation screen, and FIG. 4D is a diagram showing a reservation. It is a figure which shows an example of a selection screen.

As shown in FIG. 4A, information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is stored in the broadcast station name or channel information, start time information, and end time information (in S304 or S310). CPU 6 acquires program information corresponding to the stored information from the EPG program guide. Thereafter, the CPU 6 displays a caution (reservation confirmation screen) for confirming the reservation on the liquid crystal display device 22.

For example, among the stored information, the broadcast station name is “Broadcast Station A”, the start time information is “May 2, 2011, 10:00 pm”, and the end time information is “May 2, 2011”. It is assumed that the program corresponding to the stored information is “title A”. At this time, on the liquid crystal display device 22, as shown in FIG. 4B, a message “Broadcast station A May 2, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm, do you want to reserve title A?” Options (eg, “Yes”, “No”) are displayed.

Thereafter, when “Yes” is selected by the user, the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 reserves the program of “title A”. The flow after program reservation will be described in a screen transition diagram to be described later. If “No” is selected by the user, the CPU 6 ends the reservation confirmation screen and returns to the screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S206.

In the present embodiment, the message displayed on the reservation confirmation screen is not limited to this. Similarly, the messages displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 are not limited to those described below.

Further, in the above, when channel information indicating a channel number is stored instead of the broadcast station name, the CPU 6 acquires the broadcast station name corresponding to the channel information from the EPG program guide, and FIG. Such a reservation confirmation screen may be displayed, or channel information may be displayed instead of the broadcast station name.

If the program corresponding to the stored information from the EPG program guide is a broadcast program, the CPU 6 causes the liquid crystal display device 22 to display a caution for confirming channel selection. For example, if the program corresponding to the stored information is “title A”, the liquid crystal display device 22 displays a message “Do you want to tune title A?” And an option (for example, “Yes”, “No”) is displayed. When “Yes” is selected by the user, the CPU 6 causes the liquid crystal display device 22 to display the program of “Title A”.

When the information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is broadcast station name or channel information and start time information (information stored in S305 or S311), the CPU 6 reads the information from the EPG program guide. Get program information corresponding to the saved information. Further, the CPU 6 acquires (complements) the end time (end time information) of the program and associates it with the broadcast station name or channel information and start time information. Thereafter, the CPU 6 displays a caution (reservation confirmation screen) for confirming the reservation on the liquid crystal display device 22.

For example, in the stored information, the broadcasting station name is “Broadcasting station A”, the start time information is “May 2, 2011 10:00 pm”, and the program corresponding to the stored information is “ It is assumed that the title is “A” and the end time of the program is “11:00 pm”. At this time, the reservation confirmation screen shown in FIG. 4B is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. When “Yes” is selected by the user, the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 reserves the program of “title A”.

When the information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is start time information and end time information (information stored in S315), the CPU 6 displays a date / time designation reservation screen on the liquid crystal display device 22. Display.

For example, it is assumed that, among the stored information, the start time information is “May 2, 2011 10:00 pm” and the end time included in the end time information is “11:00 pm”. At this time, a date / time designation reservation screen shown in FIG. 4C is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. As shown in FIG. 4C, the liquid crystal display device 22 displays a message “Do you want to reserve the following program?”, A recording channel, a recording date, a start time, an end time, and a recording destination. A field to enter is displayed. Here, since the start time information and the end time information are stored, as shown in (c) of FIG. 4, the start date information and the start time and the end time fields of the date / time designation reservation screen have the start time The recording date, the start time, and the end time included in the information and the end time information are input in advance.

Also, a storage device location (device name) set in advance in the television receiver 10 is input as a recording destination. Note that the recording destination can be changed. Further, in the present embodiment, an example is described in which a recording device set in advance in the television receiver 10 is input as a recording destination, but the recording destination is not limited to this and is selected by the user. As such, it may be blank.

Since the broadcast station name or channel information is not stored, the channel column of the date / time designation reservation screen is displayed as blank (blank) as shown in FIG. Hit. When the user inputs (complements) the broadcasting station name or channel information in the blank and presses the enter key or the like on the remote controller 36, the CPU 6 associates the information entered in each column of the date / time designation reservation screen, and associates the associated information. Make a recording reservation at. Thereby, a user's desired program can be reserved easily.

Note that the broadcast station name or channel information may be estimated by the CPU 6 from the viewing history, recording history, etc., and input (complemented) in the channel field in advance and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. That is, the CPU 6 acquires the day of the week from the date included in the start time information, and when there is a program that the user is watching or recorded from the start time of the day, the broadcast station of the program is displayed on the date designation reservation screen. It may be input and displayed in advance in the channel field. For example, it is assumed that the day of the week acquired by the CPU 6 is Friday and the user has a history of watching a program of a certain broadcasting station (for example, “Broadcasting station A”) from 10:00 pm on Friday. At this time, the liquid crystal display device 22 displays a date / time designation reservation screen in which “Broadcasting station A” is input in advance in the channel field. At this time, the color of the channel column or the color of the character of the channel column may be changed to a color different from other columns so that the data is automatically complemented.

Further, the CPU 6 displays the broadcast station name or channel information in a list format on the liquid crystal display device 22, and when the user selects the broadcast station name or channel information from the list, the selected broadcast station name or channel is displayed in the channel column. Information may be displayed.

For the broadcast station name or channel information, the CPU 6 searches the EPG program guide from the start time information to infer the broadcast station name or channel information, and stores the estimated broadcast station name or channel information in the liquid crystal display device 22. The user may be allowed to select by displaying.

For example, when the start time information is “May 2, 2011, 10:00 pm”, the EPG program guide is searched, and the program that starts at the start time is broadcast with the title A and broadcast It is assumed that the title B is broadcast at the station B. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4D, the CPU 6 displays a message “Which program will be reserved?” And an option for selecting a program to be reserved (reservation selection screen). The user can easily reserve a program desired by the user by selecting a program to be reserved from the displayed options.

When the information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is start time information (information stored in S316), the CPU 6 causes the liquid crystal display device 22 to display a date / time designation reservation screen.

For example, it is assumed that the start time information of the stored information is “May 2, 2011, 10:00 pm”. Further, it is assumed that the recording destination set in advance in the television receiver 10 is “USB-HDD”. At this time, the liquid crystal display device 22 is input with “5/2” in the recording date column, “10:00 pm” in the start time column, and “USB-HDD” in the recording destination column. A date / time reservation screen with blank is displayed.

When the user inputs the channel and end time and presses the enter key or the like on the remote controller 36, the CPU 6 can associate the information input in each column of the date / time designation reservation screen and can make a recording reservation with the associated information. .

The channel column may be input in advance and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 as described above. The end time may be estimated from the viewing history, the recording history, and the like, and may be input in advance in the end time column. Further, the broadcast station and the end time may be selected by displaying the above-described reservation selection screen on the liquid crystal display device 22.

(In the case of a program that starts more than one week ahead)
FIG. 5 shows the information of the television receiver 10 for information related to the start date when the start date included in the character string selected by the user is one week or more ahead, and the information stored in S203. It is a figure explaining the next process of date determination.

As shown in FIG. 5, the information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is broadcast station name or channel information, start time information, and end time information (information stored in S304 or S310). At some time, the CPU 6 makes a reservation (date designation reservation) using the stored information.

For example, in the stored information, the broadcast station name is “Broadcast Station A”, the start time information is “May 2, 2011 10:00 pm”, and the end time included in the end time information is “Afternoon In the case of “11:00”, the CPU 6 makes a reservation using the above information.

When the information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is the broadcast station name or channel information and start time information (information stored in S305 or S311), the CPU 6 includes the start time information. The start time is extracted, and the end time of the program broadcast on the broadcast station is acquired (complemented) from the start time of today. Thereafter, the CPU 6 associates the acquired end time with the stored information, and makes a reservation (date designation reservation) using the associated information.

For example, in the stored information, the broadcasting station name is “Broadcasting station A” and the start time information is “May 2, 2011, 10:00 pm”. When the end time of the broadcast program is “11:00 pm”, the CPU 6 makes a reservation using the above information.

For example, it is assumed that, among the stored information, the start time information is “May 2, 2011 10:00 pm” and the end time included in the end time information is “11:00 pm”. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the liquid crystal display device 22 displays the recording date, start time, and start date information included in the start time information and end time information in the columns of the record date, start time, and end time, respectively. A date / time designation reservation screen in which the end time is input in advance is displayed.

Since the broadcast station name or channel information is not stored, the channel column of the date / time designation reservation screen is displayed as blank (blank) as shown in FIG. Hit. When the user inputs the broadcasting station name or channel information in the blank and presses the enter key or the like on the remote controller 36, the CPU 6 associates the information entered in each column of the date / time designation reservation screen, and records with the associated information. Make a reservation. Thereby, a user's desired program can be reserved easily.

Note that the broadcast station name or channel information may be estimated by the CPU 6 from the viewing history, recording history, etc., and input into the channel column in advance and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. That is, the CPU 6 acquires the day of the week from the date included in the start time information, and when there is a program that the user is watching or recorded from the start time of the day, the broadcast station of the program is displayed on the date designation reservation screen. It may be input and displayed in advance in the channel field. For example, it is assumed that the day of the week acquired by the CPU 6 is Friday and the user has a history of watching a program of a certain broadcasting station (for example, “Broadcasting station A”) from 10:00 pm on Friday. At this time, a date / time designation reservation screen in which “Broadcasting station A” is input in advance in the channel field is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display device 22.

When the information associated with the start date included in the character string selected by the user is broadcast station name or channel information (information stored in S306 or S312), the CPU 6 displays a date / time designation reservation screen on the liquid crystal display device 22. Is displayed.

For example, it is assumed that the broadcast station name is “broadcast station A” in the stored information. Further, it is assumed that the recording destination set in advance in the television receiver 10 is “USB-HDD”. At this time, in the liquid crystal display device 22, “Broadcasting station A” is input in the channel column and “USB-HDD” is input in the recording destination column, and the recording date, start time, and end time columns are blank. The date / time reservation screen with focus on is displayed.

When the user inputs the recording date, start time, and end time and presses the enter key or the like on the remote controller 36, the CPU 6 associates the information input in each column of the date / time designation reservation screen, and makes a recording reservation with the associated information. It can be carried out.

Note that the recording date, start time, and end time may be estimated by the CPU 6 from the viewing history, the recording history, and the like, and may be input in advance in the recording date, start time, and end time fields and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. Good. For example, if the date and time when the user is watching the broadcast station A is 10:00 to 11:00 pm every Friday, the liquid crystal display device 22 will display the recording date column for Fridays one week or more ahead of today. The date is entered in advance, 10:00 pm is entered in advance in the start time field, and a date and time designation reservation screen is entered in which 11:00 pm is entered in the end time field.

When the user inputs the channel and end time and presses the enter key or the like on the remote controller 36, the CPU 6 can make a recording reservation with the information input in each field of the date / time designation reservation screen.

The channel column may be input in advance and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 as described above. The end time may be estimated from the viewing history, the recording history, and the like, and may be input in advance in the end time column.

(About screen transition)
Next, the screen transition of the operation of the television receiver 10 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 8 are screen transition diagrams showing the flow of operations of the television receiver 10. In FIG. 8, the same screen numbers are assigned to the same screens as in FIG.

The screen a is an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S206 of FIG. The screen a displays the program being viewed on the left side of the screen (hereinafter referred to as the left screen), and the search result is displayed on the right side of the screen (hereinafter referred to as the right screen). Note that the video or image displayed on the screen is not limited to this, and for example, only the search screen may be displayed.

Here, an enlarged view of the right screen of screen a is shown in FIG. In the screen a, the character string “XXX” is searched. As shown in FIG. 7A (screen a), the search result Web text is a character string that includes all of the information stored in association with each other by the CPU 6 "2011" “Friday, May 2nd, Broadcasting Station A 10:00 pm-” is displayed with a frame in a frame (highlighted). In the screen a, the mark is indicated by a frame, but the shape of the mark is not limited to this. For example, the mark may be underlined. Further, instead of the mark, the character string may be displayed in a font larger than other characters.

Also, the character color and mark may be changed according to the approximation degree of the character string. For example, a character string that does not include a broadcast station name or channel information may be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 with a character color lighter than a character string that includes a broadcast station name or channel information.

When the user moves the cursor to “May 2, 2011 (Friday) Broadcasting Station A 10:00 pm−” using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 from the state of the screen a, the liquid crystal display device 22 , As shown in screen b. Here, an enlarged view of the right screen of the screen b is shown in FIG. As shown in (b) (screen b) of FIG. 7, “Friday, May 2, 2011 broadcast station A 10:00 pm-” is displayed surrounded by a thick-line cursor. In the screen b, the shape of the cursor is not limited to this.

When the cursor is pointing to “Friday 2011 May 2 (Friday) Broadcasting Station A 10:00 pm-” and the user presses the enter key or the like on the remote controller 36, the CPU 6 starts May 2 from today. Determine whether it is less than a week or more than a week. Here, in FIG. 6, it is assumed that it is less than one week. Further, since there is no end time information in the Web text, the CPU 6 stores the broadcast station name and start time information. Therefore, as described in FIG. 4A, the CPU 6 acquires the broadcast station name and the end time. When the acquired broadcast station name is broadcast station A and the end time is 11:00 pm, screen c (reservation confirmation screen) is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22.

When the user moves the cursor to “Yes” using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 and presses the enter key of the remote controller 36, the screen d is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. Screen d is a screen indicating that the reservation has been completed. As shown in the screen d, the liquid crystal display device 22 displays a caution “Title A reserved”. The liquid crystal display device 22 displays a program guide in which a frame of “title A” is attached with a frame (cursor). The message is OSD-displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The message display method is not limited to this. Further, the shape of the cursor is not limited to this.

In addition, the liquid crystal display device 22 displays a program table with the cursor on the program of “title A” on the left screen, as shown in the screen e, instead of the screen d on which only the program table is displayed, and searches on the right screen. Results may be displayed. Further, as shown in the screen f, the liquid crystal display device 22 may display a reservation list at the bottom of the program being viewed, and display the reservation for “title A” in the reservation list with a cursor. Here, the reservation list is a list showing a list of programs currently reserved. Note that the screen d, the screen e, or the screen f may transition to the screen a after several seconds, or the screen d, the screen e, or the screen f may be displayed as they are.

In the screens a and b in FIG. 8, the broadcast station names are not displayed in the screens a and b in FIG. 6 ((a) and (b) in FIG. 7), and the end time (11:00 pm) is displayed. Suppose that The extracted date is assumed to be one week or more ahead of today. In FIG. 8, since there is no broadcasting station name in the Web text, the CPU 6 stores start time information and end time information. Therefore, as described with reference to FIG. 5, the screen g (date / time designation reservation screen) is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22.

When the user presses the remote control 36 determination key or the like after all blanks are filled in the screen g, the screen h is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. Screen h is a screen indicating that the reservation has been completed. Here, if “Broadcasting station A” is input as a channel on screen g, “Broadcasting station A 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm was reserved on liquid crystal display device 22 as shown in screen h. "Is displayed. The liquid crystal display device 22 displays an empty program guide on which no data is displayed. Reservation information with a frame (cursor) is displayed in the empty program guide. The message is OSD-displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The message display method is not limited to this. Further, the shape of the cursor is not limited to this.

The liquid crystal display device 22 displays an empty program table with a cursor on the reservation information on the left screen as shown in the screen j instead of the screen h on which only the empty program table is displayed, and searches on the right screen. Results may be displayed. Further, the liquid crystal display device 22 may display a reservation list at the bottom of the program being viewed as shown in the screen k, and display the reservation in the reservation list with a cursor. Note that the screen h, the screen j, or the screen k may transition to the screen a after several seconds, or the screen h, the screen j, or the screen k may be displayed as they are.

(Modification)
After S206, the user explained using the example of moving a cursor using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 and selecting a character string from among a plurality of different character strings. The method of selection is not limited to this.

When the user presses a specific key (hereinafter referred to as a jump key) on the screen a in FIG. 6, the CPU 6 detects that the jump key has been pressed, and displays a list of a plurality of character strings on the liquid crystal display device 22. It may be displayed. Thus, the user selects a character string (for example, “Friday, May 2, 2011 (Broadcasting station A) 10:00 pm-”) by using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36, and the like. 10 can display the screen c in FIG. 6 or the screen g in FIG. 8.

By displaying such a selection screen on the liquid crystal display device 22, the user can easily select the reservation information desired by the user among the plurality of reservation information.

(Broadcaster name and channel information)
In the Web text analysis processing in S203, searching for the broadcasting station name and channel information has been described. However, the searching broadcasting station name and channel information may target only a viewable broadcasting station (channel). .

For example, assume that there is a character string “Broadcasting station Z” in the Web text. When the television receiver 10 cannot receive a broadcast signal from the broadcast station Z, the television receiver 10 determines that “broadcast station Z” is a character string that is not a search target.

In addition, when the area where the television receiver 10 is arranged is set in advance in the television receiver 10 using a zip code or the like (area setting), the television receiver 10 broadcasts “broadcast station Z” from the setting. It is determined whether or not the area is not broadcast, and when it is determined that the area is not broadcast, “Broadcast station Z” may be determined to be a character string that is not a search target.

Further, for example, when the character string “3ch” is in the Web text and the television receiver 10 cannot receive the broadcast signal from 3ch, it is determined that “3ch” is a character string that is not a search target. Also good.

When a broadcast station is associated with each number of the remote controller 36 (remote controller setting), the television receiver 10 determines whether or not the 3ch setting is included in the remote controller setting and is not set. If “3ch” is determined, it may be determined that the character string is not a search target.

As described above, the television receiver 10 according to this embodiment extracts at least one element (character string) of a channel name (broadcast station name, channel number), date, and time from a character string included in the Internet screen. The channel name, date, and time are complemented with elements other than the extracted element, and the extracted element and the complemented element are associated with each other and managed as reserved program designation information. A CPU 6 is provided for making a recording reservation for a program designated by the program designation information. When the extracted date is within a predetermined period from the current time (for example, less than one week), the CPU 6 refers to at least one of program information extracted from the broadcast signal, viewing history, recording history, and input from the user. Completion. Further, if the extracted date is not within a predetermined period from the present time (for example, one week or more), or if the date is not extracted, the supplement is performed with reference to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history. .

When the extracted date is not within a predetermined period from the present time, in the prior art, in order to make a recording reservation, the user has to input information necessary for the recording reservation. On the other hand, according to the above configuration, even if the extracted date is not within a predetermined period from the present time, the reserved program can be uniquely identified by performing complementation with reference to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history. Reserved program designation information for designation can be determined, and recording reservation can be performed using the determined reserved program designation information.

When the CPU 6 extracts any element of the channel name, date, and time from the Internet screen, the CPU 6 is an element other than the extracted element of the channel name, date, and time, and the Internet screen The character string displayed in the predetermined range is further extracted from the extracted element.

According to the above configuration, the related reservation information can be extracted from the character string displayed on the Internet screen. Therefore, the user can more suitably extract desired reservation information from the Internet screen.

[Program and recording medium]
Each block of the above-described television receiver 10 may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

That is, the television receiver 10 includes a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program for realizing each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM (random access memory) that expands the program. And a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. The object of the present invention is to record the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the control program (authentication program) of the television receiver 10 which is software for realizing the above-described functions so as to be read by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the recording medium to the television receiver 10 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM (registered trademark) / flash ROM.

Alternatively, the television receiver 10 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR (high data rate), mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope indicated in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[Summary]
As described above, the television receiver according to the present specification includes a display control unit that displays an Internet screen on a display unit, and a character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control unit. Extraction means for extracting at least one element of channel name, date, and time, complementing means for complementing elements other than the elements extracted by the extraction means among the channel name, date, and time, and the extraction Management means for associating elements extracted by the means and elements supplemented by the complementing means with each other and managing them as reserved program designation information; and recording a program designated by the reserved program designation information managed by the management means Reservation means for making a reservation, and the complementing means has a predetermined date from the present time extracted by the extraction means. If it is within the period, supplementation is performed with reference to at least one of the program information extracted from the broadcast signal, the viewing history, the recording history, and the input from the user, and the date extracted by the extracting means is predetermined from the present time If it is not within the period, or if the extraction means does not extract the date, the supplement is performed with reference to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history.

Further, in the television receiver according to the present specification, when the extraction unit extracts any element of the channel name, date, and time on the Internet screen, the extraction unit includes the channel name, date, and time. It is preferable to further extract elements other than the extracted elements that are displayed within a predetermined range from the extracted elements on the Internet screen.

Generally, character strings displayed on the Internet screen tend to be more related to each other as the display position is closer.

According to the above configuration, elements related to each other can be extracted from the elements displayed on the Internet screen. Therefore, the user can more suitably extract desired reservation information from the Internet screen.

Further, in the television receiver according to the present specification, when the extraction unit extracts a plurality of elements, the display control unit causes the user to select which of the plurality of elements should be selected. Preferably, a selection screen is displayed on the display unit, and the management unit manages the element selected by the user and the element supplemented by the complementing unit in association with each other.

By displaying such a selection screen on the display unit, the user can easily select an element desired by the user from among a plurality of elements.

Also, in the television receiver according to the present specification, it is preferable that the display control means highlights a character string representing an element extracted by the extraction means.

This allows the user to easily recognize the character string related to the reservation information.

The television receiver control method according to the present specification is a television receiver control method including display control means for displaying an Internet screen on a display unit, and the display control unit causes the display unit to display the Internet screen. An extraction step of extracting at least one of channel name, date, and time from a character string included in the displayed Internet screen, and an element extracted in the extraction step among the channel name, date, and time Managed in the management process, the management process for associating the elements extracted in the extraction process and the elements supplemented in the complementing process with each other and managing them as reserved program designation information A reservation step of making a recording reservation for a program designated by the reserved program designation information, and the complementary step When the date extracted in the extraction step is within a predetermined period from the present time, the program information is supplemented with reference to at least one of program information extracted from the broadcast signal, viewing history, recording history, and user input. If the date extracted in the extraction step is not within a predetermined period from the present time, or if the date is not extracted in the extraction step, the supplement is made with reference to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history It is characterized by doing.

The present invention can be generally used for a television receiver, a portable device capable of viewing television, for example, a mobile phone, a car navigation system, a portable game terminal, a personal computer equipped with a tuner, and the like.

6 CPU (extraction means, complementing means, management means, display control means, reservation means)
7 Memory 10 Television receiver (television receiver)
21 Display control unit (display control means)
22 Liquid crystal display device (display unit)
24 EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit (reservation means)
34 Communication control unit 36 Remote controller

Claims

Display control means for displaying an internet screen on the display unit;
Extraction means for extracting at least one element of a channel name, date, and time from a character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control means;
Complementing means for complementing elements other than the elements extracted by the extracting means among the channel name, date, and time;
Management means for associating the elements extracted by the extraction means and the elements supplemented by the complementing means with each other and managing them as reserved program designation information;
Reservation means for making a recording reservation of a program specified by the reserved program designation information managed by the management means,
The supplement means is
When the date extracted by the extraction means is within a predetermined period from the present time, the program information extracted from the broadcast signal, viewing history, recording history, and at least one of the input from the user is complemented,
If the date extracted by the extraction means is not within a predetermined period from the present time, or if the extraction means did not extract the date, complementing is performed with reference to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history, A television receiver characterized by that.
When the extraction means extracts any element of the channel name, date, and time on the Internet screen, the extraction means is an element other than the extracted element of the channel name, date, and time, and the Internet screen The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein an element displayed within a predetermined range is further extracted from the extracted element.
When the extraction means extracts a plurality of elements, the display control means causes the display unit to display a selection screen for allowing the user to select which element of the plurality of elements should be selected,
The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the management unit manages the element selected by the user and the element complemented by the complementing unit in association with each other.
4. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit highlights a character string representing an element extracted by the extraction unit.
When the extraction means extracts any element of the channel name, date, and time on the Internet screen, the extraction means is an element other than the extracted element of the channel name, date, and time, and the Internet screen Further extract the elements displayed within a predetermined range from the extracted elements above,
When the extraction means extracts a plurality of elements, the display control means causes the display unit to display a selection screen for allowing the user to select which element of the plurality of elements should be selected,
2. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the management unit manages the element selected by the user and the element complemented by the complementing unit in association with each other.
A control method for a television receiver including display control means for displaying an Internet screen on a display unit,
An extraction step of extracting at least one of channel name, date, and time from a character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control unit;
Of the channel name, date, and time, a complementing step for complementing elements other than the elements extracted in the extraction step;
A management step of associating the elements extracted in the extraction step and the elements supplemented in the complementing step with each other and managing them as reserved program designation information;
A reservation step of performing a recording reservation of a program designated by the reserved program designation information managed in the management step,
In the complementing step,
When the date extracted in the extraction step is within a predetermined period from the present time, the program information extracted from the broadcast signal, viewing history, recording history, and at least one of the input from the user is complemented,
If the date extracted in the extraction step is not within a predetermined period from the present time, or if the date was not extracted in the extraction step, the supplement is performed with reference to at least one of the viewing history and the recording history, A control method for a television receiver.
A program for operating the television receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 5, for causing a computer to function as each of the means.
A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 7 is recorded.